St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-23
DULUTH MATTERS.
Happenings In and About the City on
the Great Lake.
LOSS OF THE MINNIE LAMONT
A Boom for New Town Begun by the
Opening of Wagon Road--l
General Notes.
Special to the Globe.

DULUTH, Mllln.. NOV. 2S.-N OTu Has
been received from Tower of the loss of
the steamer Minnie Lamont. She had
been to the west end of the lake with a
numbering outfit and got caught i'll the
late cold snap. Capt. Cote tried to
buck his way through the ice that had
formed during the night so as to get
back to Tower to lay it up but he failed.
He succeeded, however, in cutting his
boat so badly that she sank under his
feet. The crew managed to get ashore
by crawling over thin ice, and after two
days hard travelling they arrived ..at
Tower decidedly the worse for wear.
The Minnie Lamont lies in about ten
feet of water. the top of her SmOkeStack
being Just visible above the surface of
the ice. She probably will be raised in
the spring, and if she receives no
further damage can be made as good
new. This is the second steamboat that
has come to grief on NermilliOn lake.
The first one ever built there, the Cora,
burned two years ago.
URGENT PUBLIC NEEDS.
President FarguSsOn has appointed
Col. c. II. Graves as board of trade dele
gate to attend the next session of con-
greSs in company with other delegates
from Duluth. The object of the dele
CATION is to push matters of apprOpria-
ton for urgent public needs Of national
benefit affecting Duluth.
BOOMING 4 NEW TOWN.
The county road from Tower to Ely is
finished so that teams can travel over it,
and at an early hour this morning was
well dotted with wagons containing
lumber, supplies, furniture and various
paraphernalia of civilization. A few
cows have been sent forward, and
horses and work cattle are there in
plenty. At Ely buildings are going up
rapidly, and WhiteSide's hotel is well
under way. Real estate men are on
hand, as usual. The population of the
town now is about $50 people, and forty
buildings of all kinds are up. The new
town is i'll the heart of the richest part
of the Vermilion range.
FOR THE FIRE ladies.
The loss of lumber by yesterdays fire
in Gray'S yard, at -Rice'S Point, aggre-
gates about 800. Mr.. Duncan, the own
er of the lumber, says the loss was fully
covered by insurance in company rep
resented by Marvin IL Hawkes.. Marvin
called to investigate the matter this
morning. In full realization of the fact
that he could recover the full amount
of loss, Mr.. Duncan informed Marvin
that if the insurance company would
present to each of the thirty-five mem
berS of the fire department $40, he would
call it square. In addition to this lib
eral offer, Duncan personally gave Chief
Hathaway a check for $50 to be devoted
TO whatever use in behalf of the depart
ment he saw fit. Agent Marvin will
communicate with the insurance COM
pany. and Duncan'S proposition will
doubtless be accepted.
LOOKS LIKE AN OUTRAGE.
When James q. Melleck was brought
before Judge Stearns yesterday upon
writ of habeas corpus, strange proceed
ingS upOn the part of the Duluth police
force were brought to light. The man
Melleck claimed that Detective Benson
arrested him without warrant, and
simply upon the 'Say so" of a gentle
man named w. w. Watson, of ST. Paul,
who alleged that Melleck had been
found guilty of some fraudulent prac-
tees IN Winnipeg. Melleck was re-
leased upon the writ to-day and imme-
diately entered action against Watson
and Benson, and claims 5000 dam
ages. The case will come up at the
next term of court.
NOTES.
Duluth firemen have received from
llLI L dul OlliCCS VI lllC lJChlSn AOttl
and Iron company a check for $50 in
recognition of valuable services rem
dered at the late fire on their West Su-
periOr dock.
1t is estimated that wheat shipments
by lake this week from Duluth and West
Superior will exceed 100000 bushels,
which amount will practically wind up
the seasons work.
The Killen-COok match Friday night.
at the Duluth theater, will attract a
large crowd, and bets arS about even as
to Killen'S ability to knock Cook out in
the stated six rounds.
City Attorney Edison has rendered his
resignation, and the council has
virtually tabled it by referring it to the
public officers committee.
The Duluth natural gas company's
we'll is down 40 feet and no rock has
been encountered.
The inner bay is well-frOzen over near
the shore and hundreds of skaters can
be seen there daily.